How Kentucky has Fared vs. FCS Opponents under Mark Stoops

Kentucky’s third game of the season is against Murray State. The foe from the Ohio Valley Conference is the third game against an in-state FCS opponent since Mark Stoops became Kentucky’s head coach.An FCS opponent has been on the schedule in every year of Stoops’ tenure, aside from Alabama State in the SWAC. Kentucky has won all five games by an average of 26.6 points, but some of those games have been too close for comfort.

2017: UK 27, EKU 16

The in-state foe came ready to play against UK. Kentucky kicked a field goal in the first quarter, only to fall behind and take a 13-10 deficit into the halftime locker room. Benny Snell’s 25-yard touchdown run gave the Cats a one-point lead in the…